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本帖最后由 mxh3698 于 2020-10-5 10:55 编辑
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Thank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P 4 A K9 {/ v* T# N! L
Orwell would later write in a tone of pedantic irony that his family was among the “lower-upper-middle-class” ranks that dotted Edwardian society.; c5 R4 Y, @7 V( |( r
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5 ^9 Y8 T0 d AI'd like to draw your attention to the phrase pedantic irony, which may shed light on the meaning of lower-upper-middle-class , and help in finding an equivalent for it in Chinese.' k8 @, r" }6 y7 r+ Z2 j
In other words, all the contextual clues needed for understanding what is meant by lower-upper-middle-class is already here and there is no need for more.
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